When the guerrilla leader appeared in front of the camera with a group of hostages, everyone thought that the other party was preparing to release the hostages again, but then, everyone knew that they were wrong.
The hostages were brought to the Palace of Justice and executed execution-style.
A female reporter who was hosting a program at the scene covered her mouth and cried bitterly, while more people were puzzled. It seemed that the two sides had communicated before and even released dozens of hostages. It seemed that everything was going towards the end. It was a good development, why did it suddenly become like this?
Also at a loss were the Minister of the Interior and a group of senior military officials. They were also caught off guard, but soon, the senior officials realized why.
Because a guerrilla soldier came over carrying a bloody piece of paper, which demanded the immediate abolition of the extradition treaty.
The guerrilla soldier was almost besieged by the military police, but the task force stepped forward in time to protect the guerrilla soldier before he came to the Minister of the Interior.
And then, the guerrilla soldiers unknowingly told the reason under the cliché.
After putting the guerrilla soldiers back, the Minister of the Interior's face immediately darkened. Pablo had brought too many troubles to the country. Now he was not even sure how the extradition treaty would develop in the end. Moreover, the internal affairs The minister was even more worried that the guerrillas' execution of the hostages would cause things to get out of hand.
And this is indeed the case. The execution of the hostages by the guerrillas made the whole incident get out of control again. The Minister of Defense struck while the iron was hot and directly took back the on-site command authority.
"You've done a great job, Alfonso, just leave the rest to us!"
The Minister of Defense personally visited the front line and brought the latest instructions from the President. The government has given up all possibilities of negotiation and instead strives to resolve the matter as quickly as possible.
"If this continues, our country will become the laughing stock of the world sooner or later!"
"These guerrillas are no longer ordinary thugs when they publicly execute hostages. They must hit hard!"
"But the day is not up yet, we can still try again!"
"There's no time, Mr. Minister!"
After confirming that the military was determined to regain command, the Minister of the Interior could only sigh and silently walked out of the command room.
"Let's go!"
"Sir, where are we going?"
"Go find a new designer for the Palace of Justice!"
After the military took over completely, the military general who took command directly waved his hand and brought in the tanks and artillery that had been prepared long ago, and then tried to persuade them to surrender several times to no avail.
The government troops, who had long been unable to hold themselves back, immediately launched an attack.
Howitzers were set up directly on one side of the square and began bombarding the Palace of Justice. Then, thousands of military police, under the cover of several tanks and dozens of armored vehicles, launched an attack on the Palace of Justice from all directions.
Fierce firefights could be heard even on the outskirts of the city, and the smoke and dust caused by the explosion even spread more than ten kilometers away.
Under the all-out attack by the government forces, the guerrillas in the Palace of Justice were outnumbered and most of them were quickly wiped out. However, the remaining guerrillas still resisted tenaciously and even retreated to the burning Palace of Justice to continue fighting.
After suffering dozens of casualties, the government forces simply stopped their attack and began to continuously attack the building with artillery fire.
As a result, this ancient building with a history of hundreds of years endured a load that it could not bear. After being burned by flames for a whole day and bombarded by artillery fire for more than half a day, most of the building successfully collapsed.
Then the government forces drove the armored vehicle directly in front of the building, used the armored vehicle to smash open the windows, and then continued the fierce attack. During this period, the government forces rescued dozens of hostages one after another, but dozens of hostages died in the crossfire between the two sides or were killed by the guerrillas. execution.
At about two o'clock in the night, the guerrilla resistance in the Palace of Justice was gradually quelled. Seeing that the situation was over, the 19th guerrillas then began to disperse and break out.
And here's the shocking thing. Although it was late at night, there were still a large number of military police and even friends from the media outside the Palace of Justice and the square, but the guerrilla leader still successfully killed everyone with about 20 of his men. He broke out of the siege, grabbed a car and left the scene.
This news made the Colombian general who commanded the attack flew into a rage. Cursing his subordinates as useless, he immediately ordered everyone to stop resting and continue the attack.
Then, artillery fire illuminated half of the night sky again.
By eight o'clock in the morning, the guerrilla resistance had been completely crushed. Dozens of seriously injured guerrilla prisoners were tightly controlled in a corner of the square, while a steady stream of corpses were lifted out of the ruins.
After paying the price of 67 deaths and 134 injuries, the government forces finally completely recaptured the ruined Palace of Justice. They annihilated more than 200 guerrillas and seized a tank. and several trucks, while the hostages suffered forty-six dead and fifty-nine injured.
The melee finally came to an end, but neither side won. The 19th guerrillas lost almost all of their main force. If there were no accidents, the armed struggle would have nothing to do with the entire guerrillas, and the Colombian government would also Without victory, not only did the army suffer heavy casualties, but the Palace of Justice, which represents the country's supreme legal status, also turned into ruins. It can be said that the country's face has been completely thrown into the garbage heap.
As for Pablo Escobar, the mastermind behind all this, he himself did not win. Pablo originally hoped to force the government to make concessions through this attack, but the result was the opposite. The government not only failed to make concessions, but became more determined because of the attack. Determination to fight drug traffickers.
Pablo himself also successfully destroyed the good image he had established in the hearts of the people in the past. After all, everyone in the country who had a TV at home saw how the guerrillas publicly executed hostages.
If in the past, a considerable number of people in the country had reservations about attacking Pablo, then after the attack on the Palace of Justice, most classes in the country have reached a consensus that the Medellin Group must be resolutely attacked. After all, this kind of A heartbreaking attack that no one wants to experience!
Pablo seemed to realize the error of his operation, so he began to change his targets, from the Colombian government and military police to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration personnel performing missions in Colombia.
As for Shepard's Shadow Company, they are naturally among the targets. It's just that compared to the mercenaries with big fists and ruthless actions, those stupid Drug Enforcement Administration agents are easier to deal with. The most important thing is that these guys' The station is not in the embassy, nor in a Colombian military base, but in a residential area with no defense at all.
